The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-07-21
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

a BUTCHER in Pennington, \. j., owns a dog
whose barking at night disturbed the guests at
a hotel the proprietor of which got out an in
junction against the butcher After vainly try
ing for a couple of nights TO make the dog
respect the injunction, the butcher has sent the
animal away for the summer.
BRICK that is said TO have fallen 300 feet
from the top of a shaft in the great aqueduct
If the course of construction in New York,
| struck Savora Slddalia, who was at the bottom,
| on the head, and though it fractured his sElll,
! did not kill him. At last accounts he was being
attended to in st. Francis Hospital.
| FROM Niagara Falls it is reported that since
the new law went into effect "al unsightly
| buildings have been removed, and it is now dis
! covered that, for the first time in many years,
| some OF the best views of the river and laliS
| are attalnabe. The baZarS have been abOllSned.
| the hackmen have been tanned, and every
visitor is free to go about as he pleases."
| THERE is an anti-treating society in Boston
| composed mainly of members of the st. Botolph
| Club. The anti-treaters are men who are mod
| els of hospitality in their own houses, but who
| frown upon the growing American habit of
| treating upon any and every OCCASION The
members bind themselves not to treat one OF
their number for the space of year, and they
call themselves The United order Little Broth
ers of st. Botolph."
NOVEL BATH was recently witnessed in Los
Angeles. A father had stationed his whole
ldllllly Ol Cllufbn on Ile 'front.' lawn III OTueT,
from the shortest 20 the tallest, each of the
youngsters clothed in big towel and when all
was ready the hose was turned on, while the
| youngsters danced with delight After fifteen
| minutes brisk application the herd was driven
| To the rear of the house, where they were dried
| and redressed. Yes, said the pater familas,
that S the way do it, and you see it saves an
! immense amount of Scrubbing.'
| A NEWTON UA.) MAN was picking apples re-
| Gently, when an old COW ran up to him and
that she was an unusually intelligent COW, he
| suspected that something nut be the matter,
and coming down from the tree followed her.
/ She led him to COW in another part of the
| orchard that was nearly chOked to death with
| an apple. After he had relieved her the old
| COW fairly cried for joy aud licked the sufferer
| profusely, and when the latter was driven into
| the barn-yard, where she would be out of
| danger, refused to leave her
| THE attorneys for Hugh NJ. Brooks, alias
| Maxwell, the st. Louis murderer, are fighting
| desperately to save their man, and purpose car
| rying his case to the United States Supreme
| Court. The father of Brooks who is a cultured
| gentleman and head master of a school in
| England. is now on his way to st, Louis. This
| will be his second visit to his unfortunate son
| since his arrest The testimony against Brooks
| IS overwhelming, and it is supposed by some
! that the attorneys for the defense simply wish
| to delay the execution till Brooks shall die in
| jail, At present the hanging is fixed for Aug.
20, and a strenuous effort will be made for a
| stay of execution.
HENRY WYNN bachelor from the West, who
| was recently visiting his brother at Owen Sound
Ont, expressed the desire one dayto get married
before his return The day of his departure had
already been set, and to expedite matters he
offered his brothers wife deed to fifty acres of
land if she would get him wife by the Satur-
day following the date of the offer After eX-
| plOrlng the town without success for several
| days, on Friday Mrs Wynn met Miss Melrose
who n ha offer Gh.a pE
| introduced to her prospective husband on Sat
| urday evening, just before the boat was leaving
| y consultation was held, the pair were married
| on the spot, Mrs. Wynn was handed over the
| deed for the fifty acres of land and the bride
| and groom steamed away for theirprairie home
| A SWEATING sickness that has broken out
| sporadcally in many parts of France is descrb-
| ed by the Paris correspondent of a London
| journal The disease, he writes, has always
| existed in mild form, and is ordinarily re
| garded as mere summer heat rash of the
| military kind: but this year it is ACCOMPANIED
| with violent perspiration of a most weakening
| kind, and pimply eruption covering the whole
| body, which has in some cases q bliStered APP
pearance. The Black Prince died of a sweating
sickness, which used TO be a ScOurge in the time
| of the Edwards and Heurys, when the English
| armies were in occupation of part of France.
| 1t is announced officially from Bourges that,
although the sweating sickness is rapidly spread
ing in that town and its neighbOrhOod, the NOR
tally attending upon it is rather upon the de
cline.
He was trying to raise money to build a new
church. 1t was greatly needed, but his cOngre-
cation was made up of persons in moderate cir
cumstances, so he was making appeal to his
| wealthy brethren in larger cities q am sur
prised, he sadly said, lat the lukewarmness of
the rlch men and women have talked with on
the subject Here is an opportunity to advance
the interests of our denomination, and they are
so absorbed in their worldly affairs that they
1 Lar hon,
B, replied his friend, you had better call on
Mr.. Blank. He is rich and childless and has
reputation for great liberality." "Oh, | don't
think he will give anything. won't mention
the matter to him. He has been giving away
money all his life and think he ought to save
what he has left for his nephews and neces.'
The speaker was one of the nephews
HENRY CLAY was honored by a farewell dinner
given on the night of April 8, 1912, at Browns
| Indian Queen Hotel. 1t was attended by about
$50 gentlemen, including many members of both
| houses of Congress, strangers and citizens The
sentiments and speeches were Of much interest,
| and manifested strong devotion to Mr.. Clay
| At the time 1t had been remarked perhaps with
| justice that the tone of the meeting was in
fiuenced more by the recollection of disappoint-
ment than by the prospect of success Ii was a
| meeting of friends, whOi had long co-operated
with their distinguished leader in a great politi-
| cal object, and for the purpose of bidding him
| farewell. Mr.. ). S Prentiss of MissisSipui
Il
| speeches, Mr. Saltonstall, of Massachusetts
| made some remarks which were well received
| and Mr.. Cay's words of thanks were well chosen
| and effective. 1t was remarked that Mr. Tyler
| could not attend after Mr.. Clay's Alexandria
| letter in which he had spoken of the admins
tratiOn as weak, vacillating and iaitheSS -
Mr.. Clay plainly minated that he expected the
Wing party to retain him its Presidential
candidate, and he spoke savagcly Of an intima-
ton that Gen Scott was to be brought forward
Yet there were those who dipped with him in
the dish at this dinner, who had determined that
they would never again support him as a can
ddate for the Presidential chair.
JUDGE C. c. GOODWIN, editor of the Salt Lake
Tribune, warned his hearers at the Crete. Neb.
Chautauqua Assembly against too imaginative
writing for the public press, and related as a
case in point an incident in his own experience.
"A good many years ago." he said 81 was min
ing in n camp in Nevada. The smallpox broke
out IN the camp. 1t was very fatal, for in that
place there were few of lifeS necessities or con
venieuces, much less comforts Among the
victims was young man who had been work
ing for myself and partners several months
When he was taken i'll young woman Of the
town, II 'soied dove young and pretty, went
and took care Of him, remaining until lie died
The morning after his death one of my partners
came into my Office with a Slip of
paper in his hand, containing the
young mans name, nativity and age.
and asked me to fix il for publication | made
the notice as deathnotces are generally worded
in the newspapers, and handed it back NY
partner looking at IL said: NJ worked for
rs a LONG time: hp was n good man. pan Won mot